A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo ('eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit ('the people') - Esquimau, Inuit, Innuit
Derived forms: Eskimos
Type of: American Indian, Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language, Indian, Red Indian